❝The Hindus have experienced historical religious persecution, systematic violence and what not. it occurred in the form of forced conversions, documented massacres, demolition of temples, and the destruction of educational centres.❞ pic.twitter.com/BpTfXFgEur

➖ Qasim chose the Hanafi school of Islamic law to control his empire and other religions like Hindus, Buddhists, and Jains were required to pay the heavy tax for religious freedom. It is estimated that about millions of Hindus were persecuted at this period.

🔸11th Century – Mahmud of Ghazni,➖ The Ghaznavi Empire invaded the Indian subcontinent during this period. His campaign to spread Islam led to destruction of many temples, forceful conversion of Hindus into Islam, lootings of wealth, and executions in Indian Subcontinent pic.twitter.com/pYoWOm1isk

➖ During Mamluk Dynasty ruler Qutb-ud-din Aybak, the first mosque Quwwat al-islam (Qutb Minar complex) was built with demolished part using the ruins of 27 Hindu and Jain temples. pic.twitter.com/XeBv8i89GK

🔸13th Century – Khilji Dynasty➖ Religious violence against Hindus became a common thing during this era under the rule of Khilji Dynasty. The army commanders looted, attacked, killed, and enslaved Hindus from West, Central, and South India. pic.twitter.com/9ow6Aln34U

➖ Riots and mutinies by Hindus erupted in various parts of the Sultanate, ranging from modern Punjab to Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh to Uttar Pradesh. These riots were crushed with mass executions, where all men and even boys above the age of 8 were seized and killed. pic.twitter.com/59iZTashDl

🔸14th Century – Tughlaq dynasty➖ The Tughlaq dynasty assumed the power after Khilji dynasty. it continued its reign of religious violence against Hindus. Ulugh Khan in process of expansion attacked new kingdoms in South of India. pic.twitter.com/COD8eO1YEz

➖ At Srirangam, the invading army vandalized the shrine and killed 12,000 unarmed Hindu devotees. Under Firuz Shah Tughluq, the third ruler of the dynasty, systematic persecution of Hindus was done. Hindus had to pay heavy taxes in order to avoid conversion to Islam.

➖ Timur attacked the Indian Subcontinent, which saw a massive scale of atrocities and systematic slaughter of Hindu population. Leaving the Muslim populated areas aside, his army looted rest of the habits. pic.twitter.com/Nwg4Vt8m0S

➖ After the Timur era, many Muslim Sultans enforced their power, what now is called Delhi Sultanate. In Kashmir, Sultan Sikandar, the 6th sultan of Shah Miri dynasty of Kashmir began expanding and unleashed religious violence that gave him the name Butshikan or idol breaker. pic.twitter.com/Th93dYp8Tn

➖ He earned this name because of the sheer scale of desecration and destruction of Hindu and Buddhist temples, shrines, ashrams, hermitages and other holy places in what is now known as Kashmir and its neighboring territories. pic.twitter.com/HQkV9I0AdW

➖ He destroyed the vast majority of Hindu and Buddhist temples in his reach in Kashmir region (north and northwest India). He banned all Hindu books, rituals, prayers and many were forced to convert to Islam and many were killed. Lucky ones fled away from the area.

🔸15th Century – Lodhi Dynasty➖ The persecution and religious violence continued in his period in the hands of Sayyid Dynasty and Lodhi Dynasty. But this time violence was not one sided as Hindus retaliated and tried to conquest their lost forts controlled by Muslims. pic.twitter.com/HkCyoT7VrU

➖ Baburnama, similarly records massacre of Hindu villages and towns by Babur’s Muslim army, in addition to numerous deaths of both Hindu and Muslim soldiers in the battlefields. pic.twitter.com/w12w77Zjq2

🔸16th Century – Mughal Empire In this period, violence was seen in Jahangir’s reign. Although Akbar’s rule saw some amount of religious tolerance, this was dark sided by Jahangir for continuing the persecution of Hindus and demolishing different temples and idols. pic.twitter.com/55KbywCtPe

🔸17th Century – Aurangzeb's Mughal Empire➖ The era of Aurangzeb is considered as one of the worst religiously violence era in the Mughal empire history. it is estimated that around 4.6 million people were killed during this era. pic.twitter.com/PI2YiVsPlV

➖ Many temples and idols were demolished and the mosque was built on their very foundation with their stones. He re-introduced jizya tax system to non-Muslims and systematically forced Hindus to convert to Islam. He renamed the place named #Mathura to Islamabad.

🔸 18th Century – Tipu Sultan➖Tipu Sultan is considered bigot for persecuting many Hindus. He also forced Hindus to convert to Muslim. He made a surprise attack on Kodavas Hindus where 500 were killed and 40,000 fled to the jungle. pic.twitter.com/hVx3O4zTVI

➖Many were made captive who were tortured and forcible conversion. In Seringapatam, many young boys were circumcised and incorporated into their army. Three famous temples Harihar, Varahaswami and Odakaraya were demolished. pic.twitter.com/TN4fB06FoG

🔸In the 20th Century – The partition of India➖ In August, 1947, After three hundred years in India, the British finally left the Indian subcontinent partitioning the ancient India into two independent nation:

➖ This era is also known as the era of one of the greatest migrations in entire human history. Millions of Hindus and Sikh trekked to India. whereas, Millions of Muslims travelled to West and East Pakistan. unfortunately, lacs of people never made it. pic.twitter.com/qZgv2HTPjS

➖ In a terrifying outbreak of sectarian violence, with Hindus and Sikhs on one side and Muslims witnessed an intense carnage with massacres, arson, forced conversions, mass abductions and savage sexual violence. pic.twitter.com/QeNO6H3pqb

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